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authorZeeshan Ali (Khattak) <zeeshanak@gnome.org>2010-07-19 19:48:18 +0300
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What is Rygel?
+=============
-Rygel is a collection of DLNA[1] (UPnP[2] AV) devices, implemented through a
-plug-in mechanism.
+Rygel is a collection of DLNA (UPnP AV) devices, implemented through a plug-in
+mechanism.
+
+Important facts and features
+============================
-== Important facts and features ==
* Specifically designed for GNOME (Mobile) and is therefore planned to be one
- of the key new features of Maemo[3] platform in the Harmattan[4] release.
- * Based on GUPnP[5].
- * Written (mostly) in Vala language[6]
- * APIs to ease the implementation of AV devices (currently only MediaServer[7]
- version 2.0 specification[8].
+ of the key new features of GNOME 3.0 and Maemo platform in the Harmattan
+ release.
+ * Based on GUPnP.
+ * Written entirely in Vala language.
+ * APIs to ease the implementation of AV devices (currently only MediaServer
+ version 2.0 specification.
* Export of on-disk media:
- * tracker[9] plugin.
- * media-export plugin: Recursively exports folders and files specified in
- the user configuration. This plugin supports all
- types of URIs that gio/gvfs and gstreamer can handle.
- * Export of online media from 2nd German TV station[11].
+ * Tracker plugin.
+ * MediaExport plugin: Recursively exports folders and files specified in
+ the user configuration. This plugin supports all
+ types of URIs that gio/gvfs and gstreamer can handle.
+ * Export of online media from 2nd German TV station.
* Export of media hierarchies provided by external applications through
- implementation of D-Bus MediaServer spec[12]. Applications that utilize
+ implementation of D-Bus MediaServer spec. Applications that utilize
this feature are:
- * PulseAudio[13]: Provides streams for input/output devices on the system.
- * DVB Daemon[10]: Provides live TV (DVB) channel streams.
+ * PulseAudio: Provides streams for input/output devices on the system.
+ * DVB Daemon: Provides live TV (DVB) channel streams.
* Export of GStreamer pipelines as media items on the network, specified
through gst-launch syntax in the user configuration.
* Audio and Video Transcoding: source format could be anything GStreamer's
@@ -28,17 +32,20 @@ plug-in mechanism.
and MPEG TS. Fortunately the transcoding framework is flexible enough to
easily add more transcoding targets.
-[1] http://www.dlna.org
-[2] http://www.upnp.org
-[3] http://maemo.org/intro/platform
-[4] http://wiki.maemo.org/Task:Maemo_roadmap/Harmattan|Harmattan
-[5] http://www.gupnp.org
-[6] http://www.vala-project.org
-[7] http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Media_server
-[8] http://www.upnp.org/specs/av/UPnP-av-MediaServer-v2-Device-20060531.pdf
-[9] http://www.gnome.org/projects/tracker
-[10] http://live.gnome.org/DVBDaemon
-[11] http://www.zdf.de
-[12] http://live.gnome.org/Rygel/MediaServerSpec
-[13] http://www.pulseaudio.org
+References
+==========
+
+ * http://www.dlna.org
+ * http://www.upnp.org
+ * http://maemo.org/intro/platform
+ * http://wiki.maemo.org/Task:Maemo_roadmap/Harmattan
+ * http://www.gupnp.org
+ * http://www.vala-project.org
+ * http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Media_server
+ * http://www.upnp.org/specs/av/UPnP-av-MediaServer-v2-Device-20060531.pdf
+ * http://www.gnome.org/projects/tracker
+ * http://live.gnome.org/DVBDaemon
+ * http://www.zdf.de
+ * http://live.gnome.org/Rygel/MediaServerSpec
+ * http://www.pulseaudio.org